Salsa Confluence Flat Bar Essa 8 eBike - 700c Aluminum Canyon Red XL. Confluence is Salsa’s light electric gravel bike. It’s built to bring confidence to riders who want to squeeze more adventure into each day — think bonus miles taking every tempting side road and lowering the stakes on longer gravel rides or overnighters. With a versatile aluminum frame carbon fork and class 1 hub-drive system Confluence empowers riders to chase gravel with 45Nm of torque on-bike cargo features for any mission and geometry designed for comfort and stability — all in a bike that looks like well a bike. Confluence is where capability meets convenience.

6061-T6 alloy frame with Confluence 2.0 carbon fork

Suspension corrected for 40mm gravel suspension forks

Mahle X30 Class 1 (20mph/32kph assist) hub-drive system

45Nm max torque

237Wh MAHLE iX2 internal battery in downtube

Capable of up to 421Wh with MAHLE’S External Battery Ex1 171Wh range extender (sold separately)

HMI compact remote top tube controller

MAHLE Duo remote handlebar-mounted controller allows rider to cycle through assist modes and more without taking hands off handlebar

On-bike cargo features including rack mounts and Three-Pack mounts on fork

Massive 700c x 50mm tire clearance ​(max 42mm tire clearance with fenders)

Fender mounts

MAHLE X30 system certified to UL 2849:2020 standards MAHLE battery certified to UL 2271 standards